As retailers seek to prevent staffers and shoppers from arguing, the requirements of major merchants that shoppers wear masks in U.S. brick-and-mortar stores are only so effective. Walmart, along with Walgreens, Home Depot and others, indicates that the retailer will still allow non-mask-wearing customers to...
Calling it an easy step to keep customers safe, Walmart Inc. and Sam’s Club will require shoppers to wear masks starting Monday (July 20), per a company announcement. “While we’re certainly not the first business to require face coverings, we know this is a simple...
Best Buy shoppers at the retailer’s U.S. stores will now have to wear a mask as COVID-19 cases are on the rise, The Wall Street Journal reported. “Any customer who has a concern about wearing a mask will be able to shop Best Buy via...
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) represents some of the biggest retailers in the business. As its role has been magnified during the current crisis, so has that of its president, Brian Dodge. The organization has frequently been in the news as it pushes programs...
July 24, 2020
As it follows in the footsteps of Walmart Inc. and others that have declared mask requirements to help stop COVID-19’s proliferation, McDonald’s Corp. said it would mandate that all of its U.S. diners wear masks starting in August, The Wall Street Journal reported. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain said it would offer face coverings to […]
July 24, 2020
As retailers seek to prevent staffers and shoppers from arguing, the requirements of major merchants that shoppers wear masks in U.S. brick-and-mortar stores are only so effective. Walmart, along with...
July 15, 2020
Calling it an easy step to keep customers safe, Walmart Inc. and Sam’s Club will require shoppers to wear masks starting Monday (July 20), per a company announcement. “While we’re...
July 15, 2020
Best Buy shoppers at the retailer’s U.S. stores will now have to wear a mask as COVID-19 cases are on the rise, The Wall Street Journal reported. “Any customer who...
